Marathon

['mærəθ(ə)n] or ['mærə,θɑn]

(noun.) any long and arduous undertaking.

(noun.) a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians.

(noun.) a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards.

格里菲思校對--From WordNet

Then, with the sudden energy of despair, she calls upon the heroes of Salamis, of Thermopyl?, of Marathon, to aid their mother in the time of need. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
This expedition made a landing near Marathon in Attica. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
The Persians were guided into Marathon by a renegade Greek, Hippias, the son of Peisistratus, who had been tyrant of Athens. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.

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